auto copy highlighted text

I wish Digsby would auto copy highlighted text, in the Instant Messenger window, after dragging the cursor over the passage.

I have Muscular Dystrophy and use a combination of joystick mouse-emulation and voice-recognition.  I have a special program to automatically click whenever I stop moving the cursor.  I can trigger a click-and-drag and a right-click, but takes longer.

This is the only function I miss in Trillian.  It sure would make things easier!

apparently nobody else would find this feature helpful?

http://forum.digsby.com/viewtopic.php?id=5898

Personally I think that the auto-copy "feature" adds very little value, and only complicates what is already simple and consistent across the rest of the platform.

Dave wrote:

http://forum.digsby.com/viewtopic.php?id=5898

Personally I think that the auto-copy "feature" adds very little value, and only complicates what is already simple and consistent across the rest of the platform.

unless you have a physical handicap.

How would that make a difference? At some point you will either have to use the mouse buttons or hot keys to paste the copied text.

Here's a solution:

Locate the Message Style you're using, and open header.html.  Scroll to the bottom and insert this code:

<script type="text/javascript">
window.onmouseup = function()
{
   document.execCommand('Copy'); 
   window.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
}
</script>

If you want the text to stay selected after copying, use this code instead:

<script type="text/javascript">
window.onmouseup = function()
{
   document.execCommand('Copy'); 
}
</script>

Hope that helps.